CVE-2021-32557 It was discovered that the process_report() function in data/whoopsie-upload-all allowed arbitrary file writes via…

Description

It was discovered that the process_report() function in data/whoopsie-upload-all allowed arbitrary file writes via symlinks.

Affected products and versions

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
apport 2.20	2.20.1 → < 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1	2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm1
apport 2.14	2.14.1-0ubuntu3 → < 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7	2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29+esm7

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